Bruce Jenner (born December 28, 1949) is a U.S. track athlete. He won a gold medal in the Olympic decathlon in 1976. He is widely known to have stuggled with dyslexia. He earned a football scholarship and attended college at Graceland College (now Graceland University), but a knee injury forced him to stop playing football and switch to the decathlon. After he retired from sports he had a successful career as a motivational speaker.